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Type and prevalence of nutrition-related claims on alcoholic ready-to-drink beverages
CONCLUSION: Results show the extensive use of nutrition-related claims on RTDs in Australia, particularly for hard seltzers.IMPLICATIONS FOR PUBLIC HEALTH: Nutrition-related claims have the potential to mislead consumers about the healthiness of alcohol products and more stringent regulation of nutrition-related claims is needed.PMID:38040619 | DOI:10.1016/j.anzjph.2023.100106 (Source: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health)
Source: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health - December 1, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Bella Str äuli Leon Booth Nadia Laznik Simone Pettigrew Source Type: research

Meet us where we are: non-Indigenous young peoples' ideas on how to reduce alcohol-related harm in Mparntwe (Alice Springs)
CONCLUSIONS: Young residents of Mparntwe (Alice Springs) advised that alcohol-related harm reduction strategies would be most effective if focussed on safety, rather than abstinence, and applied social-learning strategies.IMPLICATIONS FOR PUBLIC HEALTH: Young people value their burgeoning self-determination. Youth health interventions must engage youth in intervention co-design and aim to assist young people to make safer decisions, rather than making decisions on their behalf.PMID:38035664 | DOI:10.1016/j.anzjph.2023.100100 (Source: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health)
Source: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health - November 30, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Timothy A Carey Mikaela Cibich Margaret Carey Sonia Hines Source Type: research

Front-of-pack marketing on infant and toddler foods: Targeting children and their caregivers
CONCLUSIONS: Infant and toddler food packages are saturated with front-of-pack marketing features that target children and caregivers. To adequately protect young children's diets from the harmful influence of food marketing, and to promote the development of optimal feeding behaviours, government-led controls of all marketing intended to influence children's diets are required. In the context of marketing infant and toddler foods, this includes regulation of front-of-pack marketing techniques targeted to children and their caregivers.IMPLICATIONS FOR PUBLIC HEALTH: Comprehensive government-led food marketing controls are ...
Source: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health - November 29, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Alexandra Chung Judith Myers Helen Skouteris Kathryn Backholer Source Type: research

Q fever awareness in Australia: A scoping review
CONCLUSION: With the availability of a highly effective vaccine in Austrlia, there is a need to increase Q fever knowledge and awareness among high-risk groups and primary health care practitioners.IMPLICATIONS FOR PUBLIC HEALTH: Strategies to increase awareness and knowledge of Q fever risks and prevention strategies may assist with reducing Q fever burden in Australia.PMID:38016201 | DOI:10.1016/j.anzjph.2023.100099 (Source: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health)
Source: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health - November 28, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: George Hamad Geetha Ranmuthugala Source Type: research

Evaluation outcomes of a Western Australian campaign designed to reduce alcohol use in pregnancy
CONCLUSIONS: The results indicate favourable understanding and behavioural intention effects from exposure to a campaign promoting alcohol abstinence during pregnancy.IMPLICATIONS FOR PUBLIC HEALTH: This study demonstrates that investment in campaigns warning about alcohol use in pregnancy is likely to be a worthwhile approach to reduce the burden of alcohol-related harms to individuals and society.PMID:37993367 | DOI:10.1016/j.anzjph.2023.100102 (Source: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health)
Source: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health - November 22, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Simone Pettigrew Leon Booth Tahnee McCausland Kelly Kennington Danica Keric Source Type: research

Navigating child product safety: Perspectives from experts on international challenges and priorities in regulation and research
CONCLUSIONS: The gains in knowledge, insight and understanding from experts on contemporary child product safety risks and issues should inform policy and future research.IMPLICATIONS FOR PUBLIC HEALTH: There are significant consequences of unsafe consumer products on population health, and the results are timely as we face new product safety issues emerging from e-commerce, the digital transition and innovative product technologies.PMID:37980771 | DOI:10.1016/j.anzjph.2023.100103 (Source: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health)
Source: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health - November 19, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Catherine Niven Kim A Vuong Luke Nottage James E Harrison Holger M öller Jesani Catchpoole Rebecca Ivers Kirsten Vallmuur Source Type: research